Annotation:
This document contains the opening remarks
given by Lakshmi Puri (the then-Acting
Head of UN Women) at the "Women Deliver"
Conference, co-sponsored by UN Women, in
May 2013. Puri discusses UN Women's
successes in enhancing women's rights in
various areas including political
participation and health systems. She also
discusses structural policy changes that
are still necessary, with a particular
emphasis on reproductive and sexual
rights. Puri additionally suggests that UN
Women's post-2015 agenda focus on: (1)
preventing violence towards and the
physical insecurity of women, (2)
expanding women's resources and
capabilities to enable greater choice, and
(3) ensuring women's participation in
public and private decision-making.